Thesaurus: repeal

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1. v. t. To recall; to summon again, as persons.
2. v. t. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law.
3. v. t. To suppress; to repel.
4. n. Recall, as from exile.
5. n. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
6. n. the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
7. v. cancel officially
8. 1. To recall; to summon again, as persons. [Obs.] The banished Bolingbroke repeals himself, And with uplifted arms is safe arrived. Shak. 2. To recall, as a deed, will, law, or statute; to revoke; to rescind or abrogate by authority, as by act of the legislature; as, to repeal a law. 3. To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton. Syn. -- To abolish; revoke; rescind; recall; annul; abrogate; cancel; reverse. See Abolish. 1. Recall, as from exile. [Obs.] The tribunes are no soldiers; and their people Will be as rash in the repeal, as hassty To expel him thence. Shak. 2. Revocation; abrogation; as, the repeal of a statute; the repeal of a law or a usage.
9. n:33/v:67 n the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation v cancel officially